@@enthusiastisch1922 capitalism is bad because it leaves some people rich and some poor, the poor feel deprived communism is good because everyone look to be poor, so no one feel deprived. (well the top camrads are actually rich but they can pretend to be poor so the actual poor masses don't feel deprived)
I knew a lady, now deceased, who visited Cuba back in the 1940s. She was very impressed and she enjoyed her trip to Havana. Very lively place at the time.
Not 1959. More like '56 or '57.................... I know. I lived there. The rice hit the fan in '59, we left in early February and by that time the streets were nearly vacant.
Yes, I agree with you, the paredón de fusilamiento enluto cientos o miles de familias y condujo a Cuba into the “age of darkness” hasta los días de hoy!
A guy I worked with took a cruise there a few years ago when we could visit . Have you had contact or been back? I've often wondered how it has changed. Time on anything takes it's toll.
At the beginning of the film, the Roman numeral date indicates that the film was made in 1959, the first year of Castro's government. 1959 was the last full year of legal capitalism in Cuba; the economy was centralized beginning in July of 1960. The film does not advertise gambling in Cuba, because Castro banned gambling soon after achieving power in January 1959.
Si miran los edificios,todos nuebos y hermosos,si obserban los buses eran uno detras del otro,si miras para los carros todos modernos,los vestuarios,las tiendas,etc.etc,etc,los carnavales para que comentar estariamos mucho tienpo y estas pginas seria cortas
Así mismo hermano. Todo nuevo de paquete súper cuidado, había de todo y todo estaba debido a su tiempo. Hoy en día es como que están 50 años atrasados. Arruinaron nuestro país. Que lastima que soy muy joven y nunca vi o experiencie esa cuba. VIVA CUBA LIBRE
In 1959/1960 Cuba had hardly changed at all, in spite of the new government. At that time, even those who later left, people were in love with the Revolution. By 1961 things took a different turn, but still Havana and the rest of the country looked the same as before 1959. Changes, both good and bad, took place as the government allied with the USSR and the US became an open adversary, Bay of Pigs included.
Just came back from Cuba. It must have been so beautiful back when this video was made. All those lovely houses that are now rundown. All the potholed and dirty streets. The Malecon with its uneven pavement with the sea on one side and the empty dilapidated buildings on the other. The ugly old fiats and ladas polluting the air. Such a shame. I am assuming the Prado they are referring to is Paseo De Marti which now has nothing but rundown residential properties on both sides once you go north of the Inglaterra Hotel. The whole thing and the Malecon were probably full of shops back in the day. Must have been a pleasure to walk around. Such a shame. Castros ruined a beautiful country.
Thanks for this, for the truth. So many people often visit my country and see what the governement wants them to see. Some pretty streets here and there and the rest all to shit. Cuba was up there once with the greatest countries of this continent and now it’s just gone to hell. Viva cuba libre!
So, why did you travel to Cuba in the first place?? Okay for visiting friends or relatives. No problem with that. Tourism is NOT okay and should be banned, cos with your hard currency you nothing but support on one hand unimaginable wealth and greed of the exploiting communist nomenclatura of billionaires that live in luxurious palaces and on the other hand military brutality that watches people all day, tortures dissidents, shoots those who are trying to swim to Florida, pays stool-pidgeons everywhere. The whole country is going down the drain, as long as ordinary working people don't get their fair share of the values they produce with their work ! Cuba high tech products are sought after in the third world, Cuba's exportation is world class level, but the people who produce or manufacture them, get paid a pittance of $ 25 per month ! Same goes for teachers and doctors. Prostitution rises with tourism: today prostitution is 20 times higher than it was in the real Cuba before 1959. Cuba is a country w/o free speech, w/o free press, w/o fress access to the internet and w/o free elections !! People are incarcerated on the island, foreign travel is banned. The US embargo should be tightened, not lifted, cos this would fill nomenclatura pockets with more gold than ever. Any US President thinking of lifting the embargo is the enemy of Cuba and a villain who doesn't care about freedom and human rights. So, again my question: why did you travel to Cuba ?
This is a jewel of a video , along with the other 3 videos 1) Cuba before Fidel Castro's communist revolution by raulasanchez 2) Cuba before Castro. wmv by USA/ Havana ; 3)La Habana anios 50 calle 23 Vedado 1/2 y 2/2 by Maikel307 . Shows how Cuba was under capitalist , in spice of the political chaos and the civil war going on.
End the embargo. End sanctions. Allow Americans to more freely go and visit for tourism. Don’t let less than 1% of the US population (Cuban-Americans) dictate what US policy towards Cuba should be.
Thank you for sharing this, one day when the Castro regime falls, Cubans like me will use these videos to restore Cuba to a pristine condition, even though I am only 16, I will try my best to restore the Cuba my grandfather was born in.
This is everything communist and socialist will never be able to do! Cuba was amazing! We actually were well on our way to become a great country and Havana would have been the best city in Latin America no doubt! And yet communist stole everything and ruined it. VIVA CUBA LIBRE!!!!!!!
It is more like 1956 some hints. The FOCSA building finished in1956, the RadioCentro theater is missing the Cinerama sign, installed in 1957. The American flag has 48 stars. But Castro really did not begin to destroy the city until mid 1960. In 1959 things were pretty much as they were in the previous years. I remember a capitalistic economy in 1959 ,that changed in 1960 with the confiscation of private enterprises
Cuba is a beautifully country full with very nice people. A lot of people blame everything on Fidel Castro, but they forget the cuban people were in favor of the revolution, it was the cuban people the ones to blame for what happen. The rich cubans in miami are probably much worse, they are the only ones in favor of the embargo. Everytime the U.S. try to establish relations with Cuba the cubans from miami use all their political power to stop it. All the things happening in Cuba is because of the cubans in cuba and the cubans in miami.
Interesting that this film is copyrighted 1959. Castro took over at the start of that year, and initially he stated that he would support tourism, while the US government warily supported him. That all came to an end by the end of '59, and soon, there would be no more "Havana Holidays" for Americans. And there still are none today, over 50 years later.
Wow, just wow. The fighting down in the comments is ridiculous. Look, I agree that Batisia was a dictator, but what the revolution did was replace one dictator with another, and that's final. Also, LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC AND THE CONSTIUION OF 1940!
I wish it was that easy. The cold war was about money and both the US and Soviet Union benefited from those strategies by putting $$$ into the industry that polarized the rest of the world. Context is everything. Besides, Peru, Uruguay, Belize, Bolivia all challenged the US example and have been able to maintain a level of progressive development despite not going communist or capitalist democracy.
@@komradetuniska2003 At least the dictator who's an US puppet doesn't ruin the economy of the country and basic rights of the people, and now all of them are WELL educated, not "educated" by propaganda, brainwash and incite like people in Socialism countries. I'm Vietnamese and i've known how had the commies ruined my country and now it turned into the worst holeshit of the world. Fuck u and please don't bark anymore.
The war of 1920 culminated in the Battle of Warsaw (not quite Russian land I would say), where the Red army was defeated. This ruined Lenin's plans to take the revolution through to Western Europe. Stalin, who was a political commisar in the Southern front of that war was made to look like an idiot, through his own incompetent leadership, but blamed the Poles for this embarassment to his prestige. That is why Katyn happened, simple revenge for loss of face and because murdering the elites of...
Teniamos vecinos negros. Los colegios iban blancos y negros todos juntos, y no me salga que eran colegios publicos. Yo fui a Ramirez de Mendoza, que mi madre pagaba por el, y tenia companeros de la raza negra, le voy a mencionar algunos, Amador, Mireya, Yolanda Raimundo, Jesus, Jose Luis, que son los que estaban conmigo. En la primera casa donde vivi, todos queriamos y respetabamos mucho a Dona Rosalia, sabe que habia sido? hija de esclavos, su esposo, el Sr. Reyes que trabajaba en la loteria .
Diana don't try to explain to those ignorants. How come those people try to defend something that they never lived? They are plain ignorants than can not see mas alla de sus narices. I would like to ask them a question: why if you think that is such a good place to live don't you move there w/out a penny in your pocket and just the clothing in your back and live like any other ordinary cuban? Then come here and give your honest opinion. I'll bet you don't last a week there.
Por algo le llamaban La perla del Caribe, eran tiempos de progreso, ahora sólo queda el recuerdo de lo que en un tiempo pasado fue mejor y después del 59 llegó la destrucción de todo un país
As if Batista wasn’t a dictator the only difference was that he was an American installed dictator buddy but apparently when it’s done in American interests it’s alright I gues even tho he was a violent dictator too
And before you start talking more rubbish how it is all the fault of the US. I was born in a communist country, communism ruined my country as well and the US was not responsible for that at all. Communist economic and social policies were to blame!! Economically my country was ruined and socially people had no freedom, just like Cuba!! Not because of the USA but because of Communism!! Can I ask where you live and where you were born?
I live in the USA. Born in Cuba. But the day can't come soon enough for me to go back to my country, and help make it as great as once it was or even greater.
I went to Havana 2 years ago and it looked like shit, the city was a dream compared to modern times even with the bias this clip is subject to. The capitol building is eternally under construction and every nice building in this clip looks run down. Blame American all you want but Castro's rebellion was to end U.S. influence and the Island has spent decades decaying without the US' influence.
The embargo causes any country that sells anything with Cuba to be fined. This means those countries like Canada, France all of South America and Mexico have to over charge Cuba for medicine etc... That cuts into all expenses the Cuban people would normally benefit from. So the narrative is not as simple as a tourist going to Cuba and making an assessment by one visit but actually looking at all of the Caribbean and Latin America in the context of the cold war and how those countries were affected by US and Soviet polarization.
I actually think this is because of US influence. Castro secretly supported by the CIA to ruin Cuba just like they have also done with countries in the Middle-East.
Fidel called his new regime "Socialism" so that all Cuban's could live a better life, not only the rich. The problem is that socialism can not survive the long run because it has a slow economic growth, less entrepreneurial opportunity and competition, and a potential lack of motivation by individuals due to lesser rewards. No country has ever prospered under socialism or communism and a good example of this is Cuba!
The first words spoken in this video are, "Cuban history began when Columbus discovered the island." Really? There were thousands of indigenous peoples living there thousands of years before Columbus arrived. These old ethnocentric clips are absolutely unbelievable.
+Andres Castro Yah man this shit is so racist yo! I feel the need to rage so hard when I see random old promotional videos that apply their own point of view that liberal intellectuals now bash! Havana was a huge and vibrant centre long before the evil Spanish ruined everything with their evil european capitalism!
+Marina Pino " Mariana paño" eres un torrente de palabrería barata , efectivamente , mi abuelo era Asturiano, y reconocía que su victoria militar se debía a la aportación de diversos virus a los que los Europeos estaban adaptados, a perros amaestrados y a las armaduras que no se quitaban ni para dormir , por el puro miedo, y esto no lo decía nada mas mi abuelo y otros mas antiFranquistas, pero hay mas, lo dijo Jaques Cousteau y no gente ambigüa y con lo del CHE GUEVARA , te desnudarse de cuerpo entero se ve tu vulgaridad comparando a el Che con la propaganda Nazi , por cierto que tu ignorancia no tiene limites , sabes muy poco de Hitlre y su movimiento, muy publicitado negativamente y a "la ligera"
This was possibly made before The communist take over.But both Baptista and Castro hurt Cuba.Years ago i read Gasoline and other necessities were black marketed
Cuando eran españoles como los de Europa, no sé si sería el Paraíso, pero para mucho al parecer lo sería, pues recibían emigración del otro lado del charco (como dos millones de emigrantes), la renta per cápita era superior a la de la Península, el primer ferrocarril español se construyó en la isla, el primer telégrafo, etc. etc. Y se movía mucha pasta desde antiguo, amén de la industria naval ya secular. Todos sabemos quiénes son los verdaderos responsables de la destrucción de las Españas (nos lo venden como "independencias", "liberación", y otras memeces por parte de nuestros enemigos de siempre: las logias al servicio de Londres y la subversión marxista, que no es más que otro instrumento de los primeros) Fueron los gringos quienes hicieron posible que aquello se convirtiera en un prostíbulo y en un país sin dignidad pasto más tarde de falsas "revoluciones" (mismo esquema de siempre) Claro que ya se sabe que con España todo era "horrible" Sin comentarios. Denle también las gracias a la colección de traidores y vendepatrias; sin esos, España aguantó siglos. Con ellos... vendría "la libertad" Y el progreso hacia la mierda más absoluta. Qué lástima siento por nuestra familia cubana. Ojalá algún día recupere el camino. Un español de Europa.
Sooo much butthurt in this comments section. I just find it very interesting how this video was produced bang on such a massive turning point in Cuba's history, with a rather apparent pro-US bent.
Cuanto darían ahora los cubanos por regresar a la pobreza y desigualdad que había cuando Batista. Antes era pobreza, ahora es miseria extrema e infamante.
Have I argued at any point that the American system is fair or representative? You are jumping from one extreme which is bad, US capitalism, to another system which is even worse, repressive communism. You should try looking at places like Sweden, Norway and Denmark or even Australia and New Zealand. They all have elements of the good socialist ideas combined with freedom, democracy and the rule of law. Perhaps that's why they always top the world in happiness/quality of life surveys.
I didn't go to school here ,so i going to write in spanish .moon beam tiene razon en parte ,cubantranny tambien y diana0273 tambien .Pero a esos que dicen que cuba estaba mejor antes se le olvido decir que 50%de la poblacion era analfabeta ,los negros eran disciminado mas los blancos pobres que pasaban tremenda hambre y tenian un presidente dictador capitalista y por eso fidel triunfo con facilidad gracias a usteded la poblacion lo ayudo y para moo beam tu tienes razon en parte lo que tu dices
pero tu no vives en cuba la represion en cuba es grande cuando mis amigos y yo estabamos en el parque hablando tonterias venia la policia te pedia identificacion y te metian preso por gusto y teniamos que estar escondiendo todo el tiempo para evitar que nos vieran y con respecto a la comida es duro vivir con 5lbs de arroz al mes por eso tu ves la gente gritando en la calle que tienen hambre tu no puedes comprar lo que tu quieres al menos tu tengas dolares o euro que lo puedes cambiar por el cuc
Patrick McCarron Do you live in this system? In Poland we know something about communism,we have it from 1944 to 1990 and this was one of the best periods in our history. Sorry for my english.
1991jerzy , you are an idiot if you think Poland under the USSR was a great time for Poland. USSR allied with Nazi Germany to takeover Poland and together they killed about 1/5 of the entire population. You are obviously not from Poland.
1991jerzy, your grandparents must be Russian. Reason why you kiss communist butt. People forget the whole reason WW2 started was because Germany invaded Poland, and Russia helped them do it. USSR should have never been included in the Allied Pack with USA, England, and France. The Soviet Union was more evil than Nazi Germany.
tu quieres tener los ojos vendados todavia y no quiero que pienses que estoy defendiendo a fidel porque en mi familia nadie es comunista especialmente mi madre que nunca pertenecio al CDR yo le tengo mas respeto al cubano que esta alla que el de aqui que son guapos de lejos y lee bien los dos comentarios que yo hice a las dos personas que habian escristo
The video year is wrong this video was taken 1956 or before because we didn't have any comparsas congas between 1957 till 1962 and everything on this video was made before Castro's revolution please speak the truth don't confuse people there plenty of mew videos you can show the revolution if you like but this is not castro's Cuba I know I was there. the matter of facts I just did the research on this video it was taken in 1949 ten years before the revolution.
are you cuban? do you have family in cuba? you dont know JACK about how my country suffers. butt out of our affairs. HUMAN RIGHTS FOR CUBA NOW!!! freedom for my Cuba!!!
You have really drank that Kool-Aid... I can't express how sad I feel for your poorly directed viewpoint... My father worked since he was 12 along with his brothers to build quite a family business and yes, we were rich, but not at anyone's expense... in fact, no one in the neighborhoods where the family's bodegas were went hungry while my father was in business and it didn't matter if you couldn't pay... they only went hungry went Castro intervened the stores.
Sure, I can Google it... I mean I've already done copious amounts of post-grad research on it using actual historical literature, peer-reviewed articles, archival material etc but undoubtedly what I can find on some post-Communist, Russian or Ukrainian nationalist website will be eye-opening to me. I am well aware that this propaganda exists, that there is a theory that Poland took part in the international intervention etc. I have researched it and you're wrong. All there is to that.
I am not agree with You. Yes, before Castro, free Cuba had the higher living standard then many other Latin American country. The maffia and powerful Batista was only one part of Cuba, not entire Cuba, not workers`, owner `s Cuba. It is horrible that nowdays, Cuba still is putting in jail people for their opinion and that in magazines is the short for supply and that salaries are very low.
@@cubaninla You mean when the dictator Batista was president? When the Italian Mob ran Havana? You mean when American corporations owned 70% of the land in Cuba? You mean when Batista's henchmen and the police force would murder protesters and throw their body out of moving cars in their neighborhoods? Back when Cubans had one of the highest illiteracy rates in Latin America? What time period are you referring to, exactly?
@@mzungustone6035 HAaaaaa! Give me a break, you are going to tell me about my own country??? Listen you wannabe comunist, YOU HAPPEN TO BE BARKING UP THE TALLEST wrongest tree you can ever aspire to reach. Who in the world do you think you are talking to. do you think I am one of those IMBECILE indoctrinated socialist=COMMUNIST? I'm CUBAN, through and through, honey, and for your misfortune, I happen to form part of UNPACU. we are CUBA'S biggest pacifist opposition to the CastroAssassin Dictatorship, with over 60 political dissidents, rotting in Cuba's prisons. Inform yourself so you know what that means. Go learn how to wipe your behind before you reply stupidity to me.Don't tell me, you are Oliver Stone's little crony?
@@mzungustone6035 You are what we call a 'TONTO UTIL" , loosely translated it means you are a ideological fool that repeats things like a parrot without knowing what the hell you are talking about.. Why don't you argue with this video. or better yet, go to UNPACU RUclips channel and get yourself an education of the real CUBA today, not that of your little touristy adventure. ruclips.net/video/69KO_Sz3kdY/видео.html
Maldicion latina: 1920s - Argentina, pais mas rico de america latina (PERONISMO). 1950s - Cuba, pais mas rico de america latina (CASTRISMO). 1970s - Venezuela, pais mas rico de america latina (CHAVISMO). 2000s - Chile, pais mas rico de america latina...
As for making Socialism work. In this form of extreme, authoritarian form it cannot work. Everywhere it's been tried it has failed miserably. It is in the process of failing in Venezuela and not only was that socialism not nearly as extreme, Venezuela also has amongst the largest deposits of oil in the world. And "Castro went too far"? Well I could write the exact same thing of Batista, that he was alright, he just went too far. Castro was no better than Batista.
So you care about economy then, not living standards, civil rights or freedom. So you should love the USA, they are all about economy. In India 30 million vote Communist Party. So they have a whole 2-3% support in that case? 30 million people out of a population of about 1.3 billion is not very many. Was your point to show that the communists are not very popular in India? China's economy is doing very well, now how about you talk about the torture, executions and rural poverty that go on...
Still, there is usually never a word about Batista in these revisionist histories. His torture chambers would have made the Nazis blush. But again, that made Castro's victory possible. Castro went too far, I will admit, but at least citizens had free education and healthcare they did not under Batista. Castro had the one-in-a-million chance to make socialism work, and he blew it, partly due to the Kennedys' utter obsession about him.
Where do you live? I really hope its in an actual socialist/communist country because if you live in the "Evil" capitalist West you should be dying of shame right now. Enjoying all the benefits that these poor people do not have and claiming that their lives, free of any civil rights or liberties are better. Yes, authoritarian states usually have less crime. That's because they don't have a transparent justce system based on the rule of law so criminals can just "disappear" in the night.
A world of mass consumism ruins more than a country. It ruins people's values. Yes, Cuba was more beautiful before, but the insecurity, rassism and social class differences were too strong. And for the poor people, it was even worst than now. If Cuba was capitalist, it would probably be a banal country, beautiful as so many others in this world. It wouldn't be unique, maybe you wouldn't be more interssed on it, and you know what... there would be a Mc Donalds! Not saying that Cuba is perfect, it is far from that. But no one will ever be. At least, the people are not contaminated by the worst virus of our world. Internet, advertisings, families living everywhere in the streets as part of the landscape, drugs, ..... YET! Bye
Because now there is no insecurity, racism or class differences in Cuba. It is even worse than it worse 60+ years ago. And without the prosperity of back. Why you think most Cubans want to leave the country. ? They didn't back then. So inform yourself before you write such ignorant nonsense.
Had Castro kept his promise of open democratic elections, Cuba would have become a US State over 30 years ago. She would be so wealthy, stable and modern today.
mira vamos a dejarnos de cuentos que todo el mundo sabe que cuba era un pais bien racista yo me conozco la historia de cuba muy bien y yo no soy ningun racista estoy diciendo la verdad que a ti no te guste eso es tu problema porque tu fuiste a la escuela con algunos negros eso no tiene nada que ver y te escribo negro porque asi lo llamaban alla cuando prio socarras machado batista habia mucho racismo y mucho analfabetismo y eso lo sabe todo el mundo que tu no lo quiera reconocer es porque
Of course, not a WORD about the appalling brutality of the Batista regime! There had to be a reason that Castro had such an easy time coning to power. Had Cuba been the seeming paradise that this idiotic video portrayed, he could not have done so.
You have really drank that Kool-Aid... I can't express how sad I feel for your poorly directed viewpoint... My father worked since he was 12 along with his brothers to build quite a family business and yes, we were rich, but not at anyone's expense... in fact, no one in the neighborhoods where the family's bodegas were went hungry while my father was in business and it didn't matter if you couldn't pay... they only went hungry went Castro intervened the stores.
WOW! Havana looks so clean and new!! Compares to now!
Castro's has killed Cuba.
Ahh, I wonder why we don't see outside Havana, ah yes POVERTY
@@enthusiastisch1922 capitalism is bad because it leaves some people rich and some poor, the poor feel deprived
communism is good because everyone look to be poor, so no one feel deprived. (well the top camrads are actually rich but they can pretend to be poor so the actual poor masses don't feel deprived)
@@enthusiastisch1922 Not much has changed then...
Oh how things change in a year
Thank you very much for sharing! That was 1959 the best year in Cuba history, according to the older people, but soon it went away!
Do you know why? You should know!
Before Castro Cuba had the one of the highest living standards in Central and South America.
Thanks for uploding this documentary film !
Read books!
I knew a lady, now deceased, who visited Cuba back in the 1940s. She was very impressed and she enjoyed her trip to Havana. Very lively place at the time.
Not 1959. More like '56 or '57.................... I know. I lived there. The rice hit the fan in '59, we left in early February and by that time the streets were nearly vacant.
Yes, I agree with you, the paredón de fusilamiento enluto cientos o miles de familias y condujo a Cuba into the “age of darkness” hasta los días de hoy!
excellent
A guy I worked with took a cruise there a few years ago when we could visit . Have you had contact or been back? I've often wondered how it has changed. Time on anything takes it's toll.
Yes . I think Fidel took over In 1959 ?
At the beginning of the film, the Roman numeral date indicates that the film was made in 1959, the first year of Castro's government. 1959 was the last full year of legal capitalism in Cuba; the economy was centralized beginning in July of 1960. The film does not advertise gambling in Cuba, because Castro banned gambling soon after achieving power in January 1959.
Si miran los edificios,todos nuebos y hermosos,si obserban los buses eran uno detras del otro,si miras para los carros todos modernos,los vestuarios,las tiendas,etc.etc,etc,los carnavales para que comentar estariamos mucho tienpo y estas pginas seria cortas
Así mismo hermano. Todo nuevo de paquete súper cuidado, había de todo y todo estaba debido a su tiempo. Hoy en día es como que están 50 años atrasados. Arruinaron nuestro país. Que lastima que soy muy joven y nunca vi o experiencie esa cuba. VIVA CUBA LIBRE
Ahora Cuba está en ruina y la gente muriendose de hambre y sufriendo pobreza según he leído.
In 1959/1960 Cuba had hardly changed at all, in spite of the new government. At that time, even those who later left, people were in love with the Revolution. By 1961 things took a different turn, but still Havana and the rest of the country looked the same as before 1959. Changes, both good and bad, took place as the government allied with the USSR and the US became an open adversary, Bay of Pigs included.
Love this video and the Cuba we lost...
The copyright date on this film is 1959, which is after Castro took over. It was outdated before it was released.
0H MY BEAUTIFUL HAVANA...WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU!
Just came back from Cuba. It must have been so beautiful back when this video was made. All those lovely houses that are now rundown. All the potholed and dirty streets. The Malecon with its uneven pavement with the sea on one side and the empty dilapidated buildings on the other. The ugly old fiats and ladas polluting the air. Such a shame. I am assuming the Prado they are referring to is Paseo De Marti which now has nothing but rundown residential properties on both sides once you go north of the Inglaterra Hotel. The whole thing and the Malecon were probably full of shops back in the day. Must have been a pleasure to walk around. Such a shame. Castros ruined a beautiful country.
Thanks for this, for the truth. So many people often visit my country and see what the governement wants them to see. Some pretty streets here and there and the rest all to shit. Cuba was up there once with the greatest countries of this continent and now it’s just gone to hell. Viva cuba libre!
Yeah, because there are no potholes, dirty street or rundown buildings in the states. No old polluting cars either.
So, why did you travel to Cuba in the first place?? Okay for visiting friends or relatives. No problem with that. Tourism is NOT okay and should be banned, cos with your hard currency you nothing but support on one hand unimaginable wealth and greed of the exploiting communist nomenclatura of billionaires that live in luxurious palaces and on the other hand military brutality that watches people all day, tortures dissidents, shoots those who are trying to swim to Florida, pays stool-pidgeons everywhere. The whole country is going down the drain, as long as ordinary working people don't get their fair share of the values they produce with their work ! Cuba high tech products are sought after in the third world, Cuba's exportation is world class level, but the people who produce or manufacture them, get paid a pittance of $ 25 per month ! Same goes for teachers and doctors. Prostitution rises with tourism: today prostitution is 20 times higher than it was in the real Cuba before 1959. Cuba is a country w/o free speech, w/o free press, w/o fress access to the internet and w/o free elections !! People are incarcerated on the island, foreign travel is banned. The US embargo should be tightened, not lifted, cos this would fill nomenclatura pockets with more gold than ever. Any US President thinking of lifting the embargo is the enemy of Cuba and a villain who doesn't care about freedom and human rights.
So, again my question: why did you travel to Cuba ?
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When you traveled there, did you have to return to the ship? You couldn't stay ashore at a hotel, correct?
Thank You.
This is a jewel of a video , along with the other 3 videos 1) Cuba before Fidel Castro's communist revolution by raulasanchez 2) Cuba before Castro. wmv by USA/ Havana ; 3)La Habana anios
50 calle 23 Vedado 1/2 y 2/2 by Maikel307 . Shows how Cuba was under capitalist , in spice of the political chaos and the civil war going on.
End the embargo. End sanctions. Allow Americans to more freely go and visit for tourism. Don’t let less than 1% of the US population (Cuban-Americans) dictate what US policy towards Cuba should be.
End the dictatorship, is what you are must say. We Cuban American are not the 1%.
@@PepeForte End the criminal embargo US imperialist swine! ¡Viva socialismo y la revolución! 🇨🇺
Thank you for sharing this, one day when the Castro regime falls, Cubans like me will use these videos to restore Cuba to a pristine condition, even though I am only 16, I will try my best to restore the Cuba my grandfather was born in.
Viva Cuba Libre
Now youre 25 wow
Highly unlikely.
Flash forward to today. Now the U.S.S.A. is in dire need of restoration!
This is everything communist and socialist will never be able to do! Cuba was amazing! We actually were well on our way to become a great country and Havana would have been the best city in Latin America no doubt! And yet communist stole everything and ruined it. VIVA CUBA LIBRE!!!!!!!
Troncos de yuca...blockade or embargo? they are not the same...tienen el bote lleno de almidon?
It is more like 1956 some hints. The FOCSA building finished in1956, the RadioCentro theater is missing the Cinerama sign, installed in 1957. The American flag has 48 stars. But Castro really did not begin to destroy the city until mid 1960. In 1959 things were pretty much as they were in the previous years. I remember a capitalistic economy in 1959 ,that changed in 1960 with the confiscation of private enterprises
Doom and Gloom was on the horizon.
Cuba is a beautifully country full with very nice people. A lot of people blame everything on Fidel Castro, but they forget the cuban people were in favor of the revolution, it was the cuban people the ones to blame for what happen. The rich cubans in miami are probably much worse, they are the only ones in favor of the embargo. Everytime the U.S. try to establish relations with Cuba the cubans from miami use all their political power to stop it. All the things happening in Cuba is because of the cubans in cuba and the cubans in miami.
YOU SAID THE SOUR TRUTH , THE CUBAN PEOPLE HERE IN THE USA ARE THE BLAME
Bullshit. Its a dictatorship that has been in power for 60 years using brute force.
Interesting that this film is copyrighted 1959. Castro took over at the start of that year, and initially he stated that he would support tourism, while the US government warily supported him. That all came to an end by the end of '59, and soon, there would be no more "Havana Holidays" for Americans. And there still are none today, over 50 years later.
Wow, just wow. The fighting down in the comments is ridiculous. Look, I agree that Batisia was a dictator, but what the revolution did was replace one dictator with another, and that's final. Also, LONG LIVE THE REPUBLIC AND THE CONSTIUION OF 1940!
I wish it was that easy. The cold war was about money and both the US and Soviet Union benefited from those strategies by putting $$$ into the industry that polarized the rest of the world. Context is everything. Besides, Peru, Uruguay, Belize, Bolivia all challenged the US example and have been able to maintain a level of progressive development despite not going communist or capitalist democracy.
A Dictator who's an US puppet is much worse than a Dictator who eradicated illiteracy in his country.
@@komradetuniska2003 At least the dictator who's an US puppet doesn't ruin the economy of the country and basic rights of the people, and now all of them are WELL educated, not "educated" by propaganda, brainwash and incite like people in Socialism countries. I'm Vietnamese and i've known how had the commies ruined my country and now it turned into the worst holeshit of the world. Fuck u and please don't bark anymore.
Llego el Comandante y lo descojono todo.
Pero joder! Qué bonito todo!
This is the pre-Castro regime Cuba. A true paradise.
The war of 1920 culminated in the Battle of Warsaw (not quite Russian land I would say), where the Red army was defeated. This ruined Lenin's plans to take the revolution through to Western Europe. Stalin, who was a political commisar in the Southern front of that war was made to look like an idiot, through his own incompetent leadership, but blamed the Poles for this embarassment to his prestige. That is why Katyn happened, simple revenge for loss of face and because murdering the elites of...
VIVA CUBA CARAJO¡¡¡¡¡
Que bella era mi isla ..gracias adios vivo en USA 35 años
Te sientes muy bendecido?
Teniamos vecinos negros. Los colegios iban blancos y negros todos juntos, y no me salga que eran colegios publicos. Yo fui a Ramirez de Mendoza, que mi madre pagaba por el, y tenia companeros de la raza negra, le voy a mencionar algunos, Amador, Mireya, Yolanda Raimundo, Jesus, Jose Luis, que son los que estaban conmigo. En la primera casa donde vivi, todos queriamos y respetabamos mucho a Dona Rosalia, sabe que habia sido? hija de esclavos, su esposo, el Sr. Reyes que trabajaba en la loteria .
THIS VIDEO IS FROM 1949 AND THE CAPITOL BUILDING IS NOT A COPY OF THE WHITE HOUSE LIKE THE VOICE ON THE VIDEO SAID.
He didn't say it was modeled after the White House
It's definitely the 1950s. Look at the clothes and hair styles at 5:37
Look at the cars. Not the 1940s just after WW2- but filmed mid to late 50s.
Diana don't try to explain to those ignorants. How come those people try to defend something that they never lived? They are plain ignorants than can not see mas alla de sus narices. I would like to ask them a question: why if you think that is such a good place to live don't you move there w/out a penny in your pocket and just the clothing in your back and live like any other ordinary cuban? Then come here and give your honest opinion. I'll bet you don't last a week there.
@cubanasiempre - Estoy de acuerdo. Mi padre escapó de su país en Europa en 1948 durante la invasión de los Soviéticos.
Por algo le llamaban La perla del Caribe, eran tiempos de progreso, ahora sólo queda el recuerdo de lo que en un tiempo pasado fue mejor y después del 59 llegó la destrucción de todo un país
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Now there's a dictorship!
As if Batista wasn’t a dictator the only difference was that he was an American installed dictator buddy but apparently when it’s done in American interests it’s alright I gues even tho he was a violent dictator too
Now you're a supporting a Fascist like MUSSOLINI
Este video fue tomado en 1949
Imposible. Los carros que se ve en las calles son de los años 50s.
@TheMOONBEAM40 Is really usa a free society, or a capitalistic one?
ABAJO LOS CASTROS!!! ABAJO EL COMUNISMO!!!
Cuba before Castro
I was lucky enough to have a Cuban girlfriend as beautiful as those in the video, she was pure fire. HOT STUFF.
VIVA LA REPUBLICA, ABAJO LOS CASTROS Y EL COMUNISMO!!!
And before you start talking more rubbish how it is all the fault of the US. I was born in a communist country, communism ruined my country as well and the US was not responsible for that at all. Communist economic and social policies were to blame!! Economically my country was ruined and socially people had no freedom, just like Cuba!! Not because of the USA but because of Communism!!
Can I ask where you live and where you were born?
I live in the USA. Born in Cuba.
But the day can't come soon enough for me to go back to my country, and help make it as great as once it was or even greater.
5:22
Но потом пришел Фидель Кастро и поломал всю эту малину)
I went to Havana 2 years ago and it looked like shit, the city was a dream compared to modern times even with the bias this clip is subject to. The capitol building is eternally under construction and every nice building in this clip looks run down. Blame American all you want but Castro's rebellion was to end U.S. influence and the Island has spent decades decaying without the US' influence.
The embargo causes any country that sells anything with Cuba to be fined. This means those countries like Canada, France all of South America and Mexico have to over charge Cuba for medicine etc... That cuts into all expenses the Cuban people would normally benefit from. So the narrative is not as simple as a tourist going to Cuba and making an assessment by one visit but actually looking at all of the Caribbean and Latin America in the context of the cold war and how those countries were affected by US and Soviet polarization.
I actually think this is because of US influence. Castro secretly supported by the CIA to ruin Cuba just like they have also done with countries in the Middle-East.
What are all you guys yelling about? Looks like a great place. Let's all meet there next week! Screw Christmas!
development=colonization
America punished this country.
Fidel called his new regime "Socialism" so that all Cuban's could live a better life, not only the rich. The problem is that socialism can not survive the long run because it has a slow economic growth, less entrepreneurial opportunity and competition, and a potential lack of motivation by individuals due to lesser rewards. No country has ever prospered under socialism or communism and a good example of this is Cuba!
You can tell by what happened to my country(Venezuela)
@@xxxzzzzxxx Yes same thing! Take care brother!
Read books! Find out what USA has done to Cuba since Castro kicked them out ! Then you can give an educated opinion.😊
The first words spoken in this video are, "Cuban history began when Columbus discovered the island." Really? There were thousands of indigenous peoples living there thousands of years before Columbus arrived. These old ethnocentric clips are absolutely unbelievable.
+Andres Castro Yah man this shit is so racist yo! I feel the need to rage so hard when I see random old promotional videos that apply their own point of view that liberal intellectuals now bash! Havana was a huge and vibrant centre long before the evil Spanish ruined everything with their evil european capitalism!
+Andres Castro We tend to look at history as "Things that matter".
+Andres Castro *written history
Che loved killing people, himself.
+Marina Pino " Mariana paño" eres un torrente de palabrería barata , efectivamente , mi abuelo era Asturiano, y reconocía que su victoria militar se debía a la aportación de diversos virus a los que los Europeos estaban adaptados, a perros amaestrados y a las armaduras que no se quitaban ni para dormir , por el puro miedo, y esto no lo decía nada mas mi abuelo y otros mas antiFranquistas, pero hay mas, lo dijo Jaques Cousteau y no gente ambigüa y con lo del CHE GUEVARA , te desnudarse de cuerpo entero se ve tu vulgaridad comparando a el Che con la propaganda Nazi , por cierto que tu ignorancia no tiene limites , sabes muy poco de Hitlre y su movimiento, muy publicitado negativamente y a "la ligera"
This was possibly made before The communist take over.But both Baptista and Castro hurt Cuba.Years ago i read Gasoline and other necessities were black marketed
A paradise for how many Cubans?
+rene pinto more than at present times
Cuando eran españoles como los de Europa, no sé si sería el Paraíso, pero para mucho al parecer lo sería, pues recibían emigración del otro lado del charco (como dos millones de emigrantes), la renta per cápita era superior a la de la Península, el primer ferrocarril español se construyó en la isla, el primer telégrafo, etc. etc. Y se movía mucha pasta desde antiguo, amén de la industria naval ya secular.
Todos sabemos quiénes son los verdaderos responsables de la destrucción de las Españas (nos lo venden como "independencias", "liberación", y otras memeces por parte de nuestros enemigos de siempre: las logias al servicio de Londres y la subversión marxista, que no es más que otro instrumento de los primeros)
Fueron los gringos quienes hicieron posible que aquello se convirtiera en un prostíbulo y en un país sin dignidad pasto más tarde de falsas "revoluciones" (mismo esquema de siempre) Claro que ya se sabe que con España todo era "horrible" Sin comentarios. Denle también las gracias a la colección de traidores y vendepatrias; sin esos, España aguantó siglos. Con ellos... vendría "la libertad" Y el progreso hacia la mierda más absoluta. Qué lástima siento por nuestra familia cubana. Ojalá algún día recupere el camino.
Un español de Europa.
Sooo much butthurt in this comments section. I just find it very interesting how this video was produced bang on such a massive turning point in Cuba's history, with a rather apparent pro-US bent.
This was before the commies?
of course,commies screw up every single place the appear in ,just like my country Nicaragua
Come on guys don't be so harsh Communism has only kill 100 Million people.
24Framez yes
waveoflight yes you have to be a little bit evil when you reach over 110 millions you know the next lvl
@@waveoflight Capitalism never killed anyone, right?
Esa era Cuba en la epoca de tete .
Cuanto darían ahora los cubanos por regresar a la pobreza y desigualdad que había cuando Batista. Antes era pobreza, ahora es miseria extrema e infamante.
Hotel nacional copy of biltmore of miami beach....thanks of chile
Have I argued at any point that the American system is fair or representative?
You are jumping from one extreme which is bad, US capitalism, to another system which is even worse, repressive communism.
You should try looking at places like Sweden, Norway and Denmark or even Australia and New Zealand. They all have elements of the good socialist ideas combined with freedom, democracy and the rule of law.
Perhaps that's why they always top the world in happiness/quality of life surveys.
I didn't go to school here ,so i going to write in spanish .moon beam tiene razon en parte ,cubantranny tambien y diana0273 tambien .Pero a esos que dicen que cuba estaba mejor antes se le olvido decir que 50%de la poblacion era analfabeta ,los negros eran disciminado mas los blancos pobres que pasaban tremenda hambre y tenian un presidente dictador capitalista y por eso fidel triunfo con facilidad gracias a usteded la poblacion lo ayudo y para moo beam tu tienes razon en parte lo que tu dices
Fab"👌💙👏👏👏
Y se acabo la diversion, Lego
pero tu no vives en cuba la represion en cuba es grande cuando mis amigos y yo estabamos en el parque hablando tonterias venia la policia te pedia identificacion y te metian preso por gusto y teniamos que estar escondiendo todo el tiempo para evitar que nos vieran y con respecto a la comida es duro vivir con 5lbs de arroz al mes por eso tu ves la gente gritando en la calle que tienen hambre tu no puedes comprar lo que tu quieres al menos tu tengas dolares o euro que lo puedes cambiar por el cuc
You know that Cubans live longer, are better nourished and have better average health care than US Americans? Have you seen the GNP difference?
Cuba española
Makes me wonder after this film came out, when in that year begun the invasion of Castro?
My south vietnam had the same story=(((
It was a cute country better than the united states in many things great doom fell on cuba
The Castros ruined a beatiful country,
Agree. Communism ruins every great country.
Patrick McCarron Do you live in this system? In Poland we know something about communism,we have it from 1944 to 1990 and this was one of the best periods in our history. Sorry for my english.
1991jerzy , you are an idiot if you think Poland under the USSR was a great time for Poland. USSR allied with Nazi Germany to takeover Poland and together they killed about 1/5 of the entire population. You are obviously not from Poland.
Patrick McCarron Of course I'm from Poland. We are not under USSR,we are independent state ruled by communist party and yes that was great time.
1991jerzy, your grandparents must be Russian. Reason why you kiss communist butt. People forget the whole reason WW2 started was because Germany invaded Poland, and Russia helped them do it. USSR should have never been included in the Allied Pack with USA, England, and France. The Soviet Union was more evil than Nazi Germany.
tu quieres tener los ojos vendados todavia y no quiero que pienses que estoy defendiendo a fidel porque en mi familia nadie es comunista especialmente mi madre que nunca pertenecio al CDR yo le tengo mas respeto al cubano que esta alla que el de aqui que son guapos de lejos y lee bien los dos comentarios que yo hice a las dos personas que habian escristo
The video year is wrong this video was taken 1956 or before because we didn't have any comparsas congas between 1957 till 1962 and everything on this video was made before Castro's revolution please speak the truth don't confuse people there plenty of mew videos you can show the revolution if you like but this is not castro's Cuba I know I was there. the matter of facts I just did the research on this video it was taken in 1949 ten years before the revolution.
are you cuban? do you have family in cuba? you dont know JACK about how my country suffers. butt out of our affairs. HUMAN RIGHTS FOR CUBA NOW!!! freedom for my Cuba!!!
You have really drank that Kool-Aid... I can't express how sad I feel for your poorly directed viewpoint... My father worked since he was 12 along with his brothers to build quite a family business and yes, we were rich, but not at anyone's expense... in fact, no one in the neighborhoods where the family's bodegas were went hungry while my father was in business and it didn't matter if you couldn't pay... they only went hungry went Castro intervened the stores.
Sure, I can Google it...
I mean I've already done copious amounts of post-grad research on it using actual historical literature, peer-reviewed articles, archival material etc but undoubtedly what I can find on some post-Communist, Russian or Ukrainian nationalist website will be eye-opening to me. I am well aware that this propaganda exists, that there is a theory that Poland took part in the international intervention etc. I have researched it and you're wrong. All there is to that.
I am not agree with You. Yes, before Castro, free Cuba had the higher living standard then many other Latin American country. The maffia and powerful Batista was only one part of Cuba, not entire Cuba, not workers`, owner `s Cuba.
It is horrible that nowdays, Cuba still is putting in jail people for their opinion and that in magazines is the short for supply and that salaries are very low.
I was there a few months ago, looks nearly identical
Are you blind??? Cuba is not even the ghost of the majestic island it used to be. thanks to the CastroAssassinDictator
@@cubaninla You mean when the dictator Batista was president? When the Italian Mob ran Havana? You mean when American corporations owned 70% of the land in Cuba? You mean when Batista's henchmen and the police force would murder protesters and throw their body out of moving cars in their neighborhoods? Back when Cubans had one of the highest illiteracy rates in Latin America? What time period are you referring to, exactly?
@@mzungustone6035 HAaaaaa! Give me a break, you are going to tell me about my own country??? Listen you wannabe comunist, YOU HAPPEN TO BE BARKING UP THE TALLEST wrongest tree you can ever aspire to reach. Who in the world do you think you are talking to. do you think I am one of those IMBECILE indoctrinated socialist=COMMUNIST? I'm CUBAN, through and through, honey, and for your misfortune, I happen to form part of UNPACU. we are CUBA'S biggest pacifist opposition to the CastroAssassin Dictatorship, with over 60 political dissidents, rotting in Cuba's prisons. Inform yourself so you know what that means. Go learn how to wipe your behind before you reply stupidity to me.Don't tell me, you are Oliver Stone's little crony?
@@mzungustone6035 You are what we call a 'TONTO UTIL" , loosely translated it means you are a ideological fool that repeats things like a parrot without knowing what the hell you are talking about.. Why don't you argue with this video. or better yet, go to UNPACU RUclips channel and get yourself an education of the real CUBA today, not that of your little touristy adventure. ruclips.net/video/69KO_Sz3kdY/видео.html
Maldicion latina:
1920s - Argentina, pais mas rico de america latina (PERONISMO).
1950s - Cuba, pais mas rico de america latina (CASTRISMO).
1970s - Venezuela, pais mas rico de america latina (CHAVISMO).
2000s - Chile, pais mas rico de america latina...
As for making Socialism work. In this form of extreme, authoritarian form it cannot work. Everywhere it's been tried it has failed miserably.
It is in the process of failing in Venezuela and not only was that socialism not nearly as extreme, Venezuela also has amongst the largest deposits of oil in the world. And "Castro went too far"? Well I could write the exact same thing of Batista, that he was alright, he just went too far. Castro was no better than Batista.
Op
So you care about economy then, not living standards, civil rights or freedom. So you should love the USA, they are all about economy.
In India 30 million vote Communist Party. So they have a whole 2-3% support in that case? 30 million people out of a population of about 1.3 billion is not very many. Was your point to show that the communists are not very popular in India?
China's economy is doing very well, now how about you talk about the torture, executions and rural poverty that go on...
Well, he didn't have THAT easy a time of it first of all and what about the appalling brutality of the Communist regime?
Still, there is usually never a word about Batista in these revisionist histories. His torture chambers would have made the Nazis blush. But again, that made Castro's victory possible. Castro went too far, I will admit, but at least citizens had free education and healthcare they did not under Batista. Castro had the one-in-a-million chance to make socialism work, and he blew it, partly due to the Kennedys' utter obsession about him.
The entire operation was financed by Americans. Who could've owned it all after defeating Spain. That in itself would've prevented Castro.
Where do you live? I really hope its in an actual socialist/communist country because if you live in the "Evil" capitalist West you should be dying of shame right now. Enjoying all the benefits that these poor people do not have and claiming that their lives, free of any civil rights or liberties are better.
Yes, authoritarian states usually have less crime. That's because they don't have a transparent justce system based on the rule of law so criminals can just "disappear" in the night.
A world of mass consumism ruins more than a country. It ruins people's values. Yes, Cuba was more beautiful before, but the insecurity, rassism and social class differences were too strong. And for the poor people, it was even worst than now. If Cuba was capitalist, it would probably be a banal country, beautiful as so many others in this world. It wouldn't be unique, maybe you wouldn't be more interssed on it, and you know what... there would be a Mc Donalds! Not saying that Cuba is perfect, it is far from that. But no one will ever be. At least, the people are not contaminated by the worst virus of our world. Internet, advertisings, families living everywhere in the streets as part of the landscape, drugs, ..... YET! Bye
More than communism, it is CORRUPTION that has ruin everything
Because now there is no insecurity, racism or class differences in Cuba. It is even worse than it worse 60+ years ago. And without the prosperity of back. Why you think most Cubans want to leave the country. ? They didn't back then. So inform yourself before you write such ignorant nonsense.
Had Castro kept his promise of open democratic elections, Cuba would have become a US State over 30 years ago. She would be so wealthy, stable and modern today.
@Christopher Stanley
Reverse Corporate Merger.
I was hoping for Superman and the sex show.....
@TheMOONBEAM40 neither the repuplicans or the democrats fight for capitalism.
mira vamos a dejarnos de cuentos que todo el mundo sabe que cuba era un pais bien racista yo me conozco la historia de cuba muy bien y yo no soy ningun racista estoy diciendo la verdad que a ti no te guste eso es tu problema porque tu fuiste a la escuela con algunos negros eso no tiene nada que ver y te escribo negro porque asi lo llamaban alla cuando prio socarras machado batista habia mucho racismo y mucho analfabetismo y eso lo sabe todo el mundo que tu no lo quiera reconocer es porque
Bananas Republic
Of course, not a WORD about the appalling brutality of the Batista regime! There had to be a reason that Castro had such an easy time coning to power. Had Cuba been the seeming paradise that this idiotic video portrayed, he could not have done so.
You have really drank that Kool-Aid... I can't express how sad I feel for your poorly directed viewpoint... My father worked since he was 12 along with his brothers to build quite a family business and yes, we were rich, but not at anyone's expense... in fact, no one in the neighborhoods where the family's bodegas were went hungry while my father was in business and it didn't matter if you couldn't pay... they only went hungry went Castro intervened the stores.